tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post274061237145803977..comments2015-03-03T03:23:47.392-06:00Comments on Notes from Dr. RW: Mainstream promotion of woo is unethicalR. W. Donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-27039818450592003552007-12-04T14:24:00.000-06:002007-12-04T14:24:00.000-06:00pixel rn,You don't need a scientific study to know...pixel rn,<BR/>You don't need a scientific study to know that soothing touch is---well, soothing, and maybe good for the patient. Nothing wrong with it if you strip it of the woo based claims.<BR/><BR/>Be glad you haven't witnessed such fraud but its existence in the medical and nursing professions is well documented.R. W. Donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-69099450817800338092007-12-04T14:12:00.000-06:002007-12-04T14:12:00.000-06:00This is much ado about nothing here. I'm an ICU nu...This is much ado about nothing here. I'm an ICU nurse and we use soothing touch all the time. Why? Because it's soothing to the patient. I certainly don't claim that I am "healing an energy disturbance" and have never met a fellow nurse that would make that claim to his/her patients. <BR/><BR/>Randy Cohen's purpose is to write columns that catches the readers attention. Let's not be fooled into pixelrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527694688182189378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-3233313383398594202007-12-03T22:01:00.000-06:002007-12-03T22:01:00.000-06:00As a Student Nurse I find it very disappointing th...As a Student Nurse I find it very disappointing that any professional nurse would be promoting such treatment (if you could call it such). <BR/><BR/>Nursing interventions must be based in science and good research in order to be truly useful. Otherwise we waste time, give false hope, or even cause harm. None of these things are acceptable. Promoting this kind of woo just tosses out any DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00001264740386513007noreply@blogger.com